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The Radin Mas Single Member Constituency is a single-member constituency (SMC) in central Singapore. It is managed by Tanjong Pagar Town Council.[1] The current Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency is Melvin Yong from the governing People's Action Party (PAP).
| Radin Mas | |
|---|---|
| Single Member constituency for the Parliament of Singapore | |
 | |
| Region | Central Region, Singapore |
| Electorate | 25,567 |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1976 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Party | People's Action Party |
| Member(s) | Melvin Yong |
| Town Council | Tanjong Pagar |
| Merged | 1988 |
| Merged to | Tiong Bahru GRC |
| Reformed | 2011 |
| Reformed from | Tanjong Pagar GRC |
History
editRadin Mas Constituency was created in 1976; Govindasamy Naidu from the PAP won 75.65% of the vote.[2] Bernard Chen retained the constituency in one of two by-elections in 1977 after Naidu died.[3] The PAP would continue to retain the constituency in the 1980 and 1984 general elections.[4][5]
In the 1988 general election, with the creation of group representation constituencies (GRCs), Radin Mas Constituency was abolished and made part of the three-member Tiong Bahru GRC.[6]
For the 2011 general election, Radin Mas Single Member Constituency was carved from Tanjong Pagar GRC, where it had previously been a division.[7][a] Sam Tan, the incumbent PAP MP for the Radin Mas division, won the SMC with 67.1% of the vote against Yip Yew Weng from the National Solidarity Party (NSP).[7][9]
In the 2015 general election, blogger Han Hui Hui ran as an independent candidate for the constituency. She won 10.03% of the vote, losing her election deposit of S$14,500 in the process for not winning at least 12.5% of the vote. Tan, on the other hand, retained the SMC with an improved 77.25% of the vote in a three-cornered fight.[10][11]
Prior to the 2020 general election, Tan retired from politics. Melvin Yong, the incumbent MP for the Moulmein–Cairnhill division in Tanjong Pagar GRC, was fielded by the PAP to retain the SMC;[12] he won 74.01% of the vote against Kumar Appavoo from the Reform Party (RP), who had been contesting the SMC since 2015.[13][14]
In the 2025 general election, another three-cornered fight occurred in Radin Mas SMC after Darryl Lo, an independent candidate, ran in the constituency, claiming that there was no "credible opposition" in Parliament.[15] He won 23.52% of the vote, while Appavoo, now under the banner of the coalition People's Alliance for Reform (PAR), lost his $13,500 deposit with 7.36% of the vote. Yong won reelection with 69.12% of the vote.[14][16]
Member of Parliament
edit| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Formation | |||
| 1976 | N. Naidu Govindasmy | PAP | |
| 1977 | Bernard Chen | ||
| 1980 | Mohamed Kassim Abdul Jabbar | ||
| 1984 | Chng Hee Kok | ||
| Constituency abolished (1988 – 2011) | |||
| 2011 | Sam Tan | PAP | |
| 2015 | |||
| 2020 | Melvin Yong | ||
| 2025 | |||
Electoral results
editNote : Elections Department Singapore do not include rejected votes for calculation of candidate's vote share. Hence, the total of all candidates' vote share will be 100%.
Elections in 1970s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | N. Naidu Govindasmy | 13,246 | 75.7 | N/A | |
| WP | Othman bin Abdullah | 4,263 | 24.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 8,983 | 51.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 17,879 | 97.1 | N/A | ||
| PAP win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Bernard Chen | 12,053 | 70.6 |  5.1
| |
| WP | J.B. Jeyaretnam | 5,021 | 29.4 |  5.1
| |
| Majority | 7,032 | 41.2 | 10.2
| ||
| Turnout | 17,415 | 94.6 | 2.5
| ||
| PAP hold | Swing | 5.1
|
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Elections in 1980s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Mohamed Kassim Abdul Jabbar | 11,335 | 64.1 | 6.5
| |
| WP | Wong Hong Toy | 6,356 | 35.9 | 6.5
| |
| Majority | 4,979 | 28.2 | 13.0
| ||
| Turnout | 18,115 | 96.1 | 1.5
| ||
| PAP hold | Swing | 6.5
|
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Chng Hee Kok | 9,997 | 54.0 | 10.1
| |
| WP | Wong Hong Toy | 8,519 | 46.0 | 10.1
| |
| Majority | 1,478 | 8.0 | 20.2
| ||
| Turnout | 18,846 | 95.3 | 0.8
| ||
| PAP hold | Swing | 10.1
|
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Elections in 2010s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Sam Tan | 18,609 | 67.1 | N/A | |
| NSP | Yip Yew Weng | 9,123 | 32.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 9,486 | 34.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 28,401 | 91.2 | N/A | ||
| PAP win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Sam Tan | 20,230 | 77.25 | 10.15
| |
| RP | Kumar Appavoo | 3,329 | 12.71 | N/A | |
| Independent | Han Hui Hui | 2,629 | 10.04 | N/A | |
| Majority | 16,901 | 64.54 | 30.34
| ||
| Rejected ballots | 768 | 2.85 | - | ||
| Turnout | 26,956 | 93.25 | 2.05
| ||
| PAP hold | Swing | 10.15
|
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Elections in 2020s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Melvin Yong | 16,864 | 74.01 | 3.24
| |
| RP | Kumar Appavoo | 5,922 | 25.99 | 13.28
| |
| Majority | 10,942 | 48.02 | 16.52
| ||
| Total valid votes | 22,786 | 96.53 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 818 | 3.47 | |||
| Turnout | 23,604 | 94.68 | 1.43
| ||
| Registered electors | 24,931 | ||||
| PAP hold | Swing | 3.24
|
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAP | Melvin Yong | 15,854 | 69.12 | 4.89
| |
| Independent | Darryl Lo | 5,394 | 23.52 | N/A | |
| PAR | Kumar Appavoo | 1,689 | 7.36 | 18.63
| |
| Majority | 10,460 | 45.60 | 2.42
| ||
| Total valid votes | 22,937 | 98.09 | 1.56
| ||
| Rejected ballots | 446 | 1.91 | 1.56
| ||
| Turnout | 23,383 | 91.46 | 3.22
| ||
| Registered electors | 25,567 | 2.55
| |||
| PAP hold | Swing | 4.89
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Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ "Our MPs". Tanjong Pagar Town Council. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
- ^ "ELD | 1976 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
- ^ "ELD | 1977 Parliamentary By-election Result". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
- ^ "ELD | 1980 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
- ^ "ELD | 1984 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
- ^ "13 GRCs for next general election". The Straits Times. 15 June 1988. p. 1 – via NewspaperSG.
- ^ a b "Sam Tan". Prime Minister's Office (Singapore). 24 July 2020.
- ^ "21 single-member wards, 15 GRCs for next election". The Straits Times. 10 August 1991. p. 22. Retrieved 9 May 2025 – via NewspaperSG.
- ^ "ELD | 2011 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
- ^ Tang, Louisa (12 September 2015). "Both independent candidates lose election deposit". TODAY. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
- ^ "ELD | 2015 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
- ^ "GE2020: Tanjong Pagar GRC's Melvin Yong to stand in Radin Mas SMC; two new faces in team". Yahoo News. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
- ^ "ELD | 2020 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
- ^ a b "GE2025 first results in: PAP's Melvin Yong wins Radin Mas SMC". AsiaOne. 3 May 2025. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
- ^ "GE2025: 'No credible opposition' party in Radin Mas, says independent candidate Darryl Lo". The Straits Times. 23 April 2025. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
- ^ "ELD | 2025 Parliamentary General Election Results". www.eld.gov.sg. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
- ^ "Statement of Poll for the Electoral Division of Radin Mas" (PDF). 16 July 2020.
- ^ "Statement of Poll for the Electoral Division of Radin Mas" (PDF). 16 May 2025.